Thread: The Butchered Blade

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Same as the rest of us. Got to bust a few to learn the hard lessons.
Save the nice ones for your time as you get good at it, I always say. Still have some stashed......

The rest are hanging around somewhere, going cling, clang, clack. [emoji6]

Originally Posted by outback

The rest are hanging around somewhere, going cling, clang, clack. [emoji6]

Yep!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yep! [emoji14]

Nice shinny junk, put to good use.
Just dont step outside during a tornado [emoji33]

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yep!

That's a very cool wind chime Tom.

Great repurposing. And if you got the right thicknesses and grinds, could actually make a set that hit accurate octaves..

Mikey likes it..

Crud, I got my 2 ebay wins confused. 11/16 Morley comes in today, busted Worchester has yet to shipped. The one I busted was pretty beat up, some rust on the edge. Not entirely sure it'll take an edge without removing a significant amount of metal. Which will take me about, oh a few weeks. Lowest grit is 5000. Treating my razors like ribs, low and slow will win the prize

So before I begin on my striped adventure, I figure to rid my bench of this old Butchered Butcher.
It has been on a magnetic jig for about 3 years as I occasionally hand-sand on it. It was covered in rust and pitting and had a chipped toe. I have done all I can and decided to do a brushed job using a Dremel Scotchbrite/CroOx/WD40 job on the blade's faces and let it ride. I will attempt bluing in the blade etch just to see, but as 'rustic' as it is I will clothe it in these old picbone scales using double-stacked brass collars at the corners which I salvaged from other old Sheffields.
Hopefully will make a neat old shaver with some 'character'.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yep!

Yep, one is in Charlie's shop. Great job Tom.

Originally Posted by dinnermint

Crud, I got my 2 ebay wins confused. 11/16 Morley comes in today, busted Worchester has yet to shipped. The one I busted was pretty beat up, some rust on the edge. Not entirely sure it'll take an edge without removing a significant amount of metal. Which will take me about, oh a few weeks. Lowest grit is 5000. Treating my razors like ribs, low and slow will win the prize

5000 or 500? My highest is 3000 but hope to get a higher grit one day.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

So before I begin on my striped adventure, I figure to rid my bench of this old Butchered Butcher.
It has been on a magnetic jig for about 3 years as I occasionally hand-sand on it. It was covered in rust and pitting and had a chipped toe. I have done all I can and decided to do a brushed job using a Dremel Scotchbrite/CroOx/WD40 job on the blade's faces and let it ride. I will attempt bluing in the blade etch just to see, but as 'rustic' as it is I will clothe it in these old picbone scales using double-stacked brass collars at the corners which I salvaged from other old Sheffields.
Hopefully will make a neat old shaver with some 'character'.

Tom, those jigged or stag scales are beautiful. That will turn out a treat!

I have 5000, 8000 and 12000 Naniwas. I have been toying with getting a 1000 to speed up my honing process, but I think that's going to be something I put off for now. Maybe reward myself later or out of necessity if my RAD continues the way it has....

Originally Posted by dinnermint

I have 5000, 8000 and 12000 Naniwas. I have been toying with getting a 1000 to speed up my honing process, but I think that's going to be something I put off for now. Maybe reward myself later or out of necessity if my RAD continues the way it has....

Oh your gonna need it.!!
Get the chosera when you do...trust me, others will tell you the same.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yep!

I particularly like the red bumper sticker, in the lower right of the picture. I had one of those, and a more polite one that said "Feces occur". I used to keep them in my top desk drawer to pull out and hold up when someone complained about something. I threw them out when I retired from the government.